As the largest messaging application, WhatsApp is the mainstay of many people. This application provides a lot of convenience in sending messages and communicating. With various advanced features, sending messages is easier and more practical through this one application.
Although it has offered various features, often people are still not satisfied with what has been provided. The features released by WhatsApp are still not optimal and have certain limitations. This is what third-party developers take advantage of.
Now there are many WhatsApp with modified versions. This version offers ‘more’ features than the official WhatsApp version. These features are indeed tempting, making many users turn to this unofficial application. Behind its interesting features, modified WhatsApp keeps the dangers that lurk its users.
If you are tempted by the interesting features in this WhatsApp mode, you need to know what bad effects this application has. The following is a review of the risks of using a modified WhatsApp,
Get To Know WhatsApp Modified
There are many kinds of modified WhatsApp such as GBWhatsApp, WhatsApp Plus, WhatsApp Gold, and other WhatsApp clones. All these types of WhatsApp are illegal applications. Modified WhatsApp or also known as WhatsApp Mod is a WhatsApp application that has been modified by a third party.
Modified WhatsApp has the ability to remove all the restrictions that the official WhatsApp has. This application does offer a number of excellent features that cannot be found on the official WhatsApp. Call it a feature to send photos in large quantities at once, hide online status, or fake the display of the ‘last seen’ time.
Modified WhatsApp is not officially available on Play Store. Users have to manually download and install this application on a third party site. It is well known before, that various applications downloaded on third-party sites cannot be trusted for security.
Security Privacy Threatened
The modified WhatsApp application will send and receive messages through the official Whatsapp servers, similar to the official application. However, this is not a 100% guarantee that your messages are safe and untouched by third parties. This of course can jeopardize the security of user privacy.
Several years ago, security experts claimed that WhatsApp Plus contained links to suspicious websites and was once found to be able to communicate with third-party servers. Using these kinds of apps can lead to privacy leaks. This modified application can copy data such as contacts, names, media, and messages that you send. This data is not impossible to be misused by cyber crime perpetrators.
Account Can Be Blocked
WhatsApp has openly blocked users who use modified WhatsApp. WhatsApp also urges those who are still using these third-party services to immediately delete applications such as GBWhatsApp or WhatsApp Plus and install official applications.
It should be noted that WhatsApp is not an open-source platform which means no one can copy the WhatsApp code to launch their own individual app. Mod versions of WhatsApp like YoWhatsApp, GBWhatsApp, WhatsApp Plus are just cloned apps.
Whatsapp has restricted users from using a modified version of the illegal app. WhatsApp will suspend user accounts found to be using a modified version of WhatsApp. So, the risk of losing the account is also high when using modified WhatsApp.
If you are already using this WhatsApp and your account is suspended, you can still get your account back after 24 hours.
Potentially Harmful Device
Modified WhatsApp applications such as WhatsApp Plus contain links to malicious websites that can be accessed by third-party servers. Not only privacy leaks, this kind of application can also be able to install adware on your device.
Even the pirated website that you use to download the modified application can install malware on the device. This effect can certainly damage the system and your device as a whole. You may encounter ads and malicious malware on pirated sites, making it difficult to update your apps without Google Play.
Can’t Update Via Google Play
WhatsApp like WhatsApp Plus, Gold and other WhatsApp mods is not an official application. This makes this modified app unable to update via Google Play. You have to visit a third-party site to download the latest version of the WhatsApp mod application and then install it manually.
When a new version of the Whatsapp application (with new features) is officially available on Google Play, you cannot update it immediately, you have to wait until the latest revised version is released by a third-party developer.
Contains Ads
In its official version, WhatsApp is available for free without any ads. Official WhatsApp will never show ads. On the other hand, a modified version of WhatsApp may contain ads.
These ads are used to generate revenue. Unauthorized developers can include ads in their modified apps at any time. These ads are definitely very annoying and can lead you to click on other dangerous sites.